Strada Music in East Yorkshire has received a grant from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover during this crisis.
Strada Music works with musicians and singers from all over the British Isles and around the world and takes them to theatres, art centres, festivals, clubs and community venues throughout this country and beyond.
The council’s recently launched Active Together initiative has organised a live virtual Easter Quiz and Bingo session on Friday, 9 April, at 11am.
The fun event will be hosted by Dom and Adam, two well-known faces from the council’s Health and Wellbeing team, and will be an egg-citing chance to take part in an Easter-themed quiz, and bingo session.
A move to the picturesque village of Swanland in East Yorkshire means Maureen and Rob Fitz-John are now within easy reach of their five grandchildren.
Having decided to downsize to be closer to their family, the active grandparents sold their previous four-bedroom property, 15 miles away in Lockington, taking advantage of valuable practical and financial help from Redrow.
Chameleon Business Interiors has grown its team with the appointment of three new hires, as the commercial interior specialist business continues to grow.
Thomas Wormleighton joins the business as an estimator, Sarah Lister as business development manager for the Midlands and Phoebe Barbour sets out on her career, joining Chameleon as part of an advanced apprenticeship.
Hull City Council is preparing to pay out vital restart grants to businesses to help them recover from the Covid pandemic and kickstart the local economy.
The new Restart Grants announced by the Chancellor in the last Budget are to be paid by the Council starting from April 6 as businesses start to reopen their doors and welcome back customers.
Work is underway on the construction of a long-awaited NHS medical centre which will provide a hub delivering specialist services to the growing communities in villages to the west of Hull.
Hobson & Porter, the Hull-based business which marks its 50th anniversary this year, has been awarded the contract for the project by Lovel Developments and started work this week.
An exciting new salon is set to open at Beverley’s Flemingate centre, creating more than 20 jobs and offering a bespoke hair and beauty experience for customers.
Vintage & Co is the second hair and beauty salon opened by hairdresser and barber Lee Carmichael following a successful opening in Hull’s St Stephen’s Shopping Centre last year.
Graham Stuart MP is in discussions with Parish Councils and internet provider KCOM on ways to bring full-fibre broadband to communities in his Beverley and Holderness constituency.
As part of the new £5bn Project Gigabit, the Government has announced £210m worth of vouchers to help communities with slow broadband.
Hull and East Riding residents are encouraged to ensure they are prepared for the upcoming Easter bank holiday weekend, Friday 2 April and Monday 5 April 2021, and reminded which NHS services will be available.
The annual Bridlington Kite Festival – a weekend of vibrant kites soaring high above Sewerby Fields in the seaside town – has been rescheduled for this year only.
The Liberal Democrats are putting forward their Police and Crime Commissioner candidate Bob Morgan to stand in May’s election for the Humberside police top job.
Liberal Democrats are a strong, competent force across the region and Bob Morgan has real experience in local government and in local policing.
East Riding Archives has unveiled a new online exhibition telling the previously untold stories of local service personnel who were involved in the First World War.
Last year, Beverley Art Gallery joined forces with The University of Hull’s Japanese exchange students, who were invited to visit the gallery and research some of its collections, in preparation for a Japan-themed exhibition.
Two University of Hull graduates whose legal learning included work experience spells with Rollits LLP have now joined the firm as trainee solicitors.
Rollits, which has offices in Hull and York, has welcomed Zaneta Andraszczyk to its private capital department, with Jordan Collinson beginning his career in the firm’s property department.
Spring is here, and East Riding Leisure is pleased to announce that, in line with Government guidelines and the roadmap, they are launching an outdoor class programme starting from w/c Monday, 29 March 2021.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has welcomed the Government’s new Turing Scheme.
As part of this programme, schools, colleges and universities will have access to funding in order to allow disadvantaged students to experience living and working in a different country.
The Winter Grant Scheme has been extended meaning that households in Hull that are most in need will benefit from further food and fuel support.
Families in Hull that live in an area of extreme fuel poverty and are medically vulnerable, are set to receive £50 towards the cost of energy, and families of children entitled to free school meals will continue to receive these through the summer half-term in May.
A digital marketing company that lured some of the brightest brains in the business from Leeds back to Hull is bucking the trend again by expanding under lockdown with new recruits and new clients.